Can Fish Oil Supplements Be Taken For Hypertriglyceridemia?

Posted on Mon, 14 Nov 2016

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Question : I changed my diet a bit and started taking Fish oil. About how soon should my triglycerides change? I would like to get another blood test but no sense in it if there hasn't been time for it to moderate.

Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (41 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
My answer as follows:

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!

Regarding your concern, I would recommend repeating the blood lipid profile after a month from the start of the fish oil, in order to see any changes.

Then, repeating the test every 3 months will be sufficient, if a slight decrease in triglycerides is revealed by this test.

Hope you will find this answer helpful!

Kind regards,

Dr. Iliri

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar